This update in the draft recommendation is not because a Pap test is harmful, but because an HPV test is more effective as a cervical cancer screening tool for ages 30 to 65, according to the task ...

It looks for a common diagnosis that's associated with close to 10 cancer types. Here are the guidelines national experts are ...

Current guidelines for cervical cancer screening recommend HPV testing every 5 years for females ages 30 to 65. For younger females ages 21 to 29, a Pap test every three years continues to be the ...

HPV screening — rather than a pap smear — is more effective at detecting cervical cancer, according to a US task force Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin Doctors routinely advise that women undergoing screening for cervical cancer receive Pap smears every three years beginning at age 21. Now, beginning at 30, women have a new ...

Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening ... cervical cancer with cervical cytology – also known as ...